Beriev MBR-2

Beriev MBR-2
Aeroflot MP-1 at Yalta, circa 1938.
General information
Type	Patrol aircraft
Manufacturer	Beriev OKB
Designer	Georgy Mikhailovich Beriev
Status	Out of production; retired
Primary user	Soviet Navy
Number built	1,365
History
Manufactured	1934-1941
Introduction date	1935
First flight	1931

The Beriev MBR-2^[1] was a Soviet multi-purpose (including reconnaissance) flying boat which entered service with the Soviet Navy in 1935. Out of 1,365 built, nine were used by foreign countries (including Finland and North Korea). In the Soviet Union, it sometimes carried the nickname of "Kорова" (cow) and "Амбар" (barn).^[2]